Discovered Ali_Amiri | Date 1072-74 Scribe(s) Muhammed al-Dameshqi Originally published 1075 Genre Dictionary | |
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Ural–Altaic languages books Divan‑ı Hikmet, Cezmi, İntibah, Aşk‑ı Memnu, Mai ve Siyah | ||
Mahmud Kashgari studied the Turkic languages of his time and wrote the first comprehensive dictionary of Turkic languages, ديوان لغات الترك Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk (Arabic: "Compendium of the languages of the Turks") in 1072-74. It was intended for use by the Caliphs of Baghdad, who were controlled as puppets by the Seljuk Turks. Mahmud al-Kashgari's comprehensive dictionary, later edited by the Turkish historian, Ali Amiri, contains specimens of old Turkic poetry in the typical form of quatrains of (Perso-Arabic literature, رباعیات rubāiyāt; Turkish: dörtlük), representing all the principal genres: epic, pastoral, didactic, lyric, and elegiac. His book also included the first known map of the areas inhabited by Turkic peoples. This map is housed at the National Library in Istanbul.